Online professional journals
Online journals offer a readily accessible and searchable source of professional information. Some are freely available but others operate on a subscription basis. Examples are:
| CILIP Update | http://www.cilip.org.uk/publications/updatemagazine |
| CILIP in Scotland | http://www.slainte.org.uk/publications/serials/infoscot/contents.html |
CILIP members enjoy free online access to the Journal of Information Science and Journal of Librarianship and Information Science from the CILIP website.
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Look at the latest issue of CILIP Update at http://www.cilip.org.uk/publications/updatemagazine Familiarise yourself with the layout and content. Is there anything in this issue which is of interest to you in your current job role? |
You should get into the habit of regularly checking on-line journals to gather information and ideas which are relevant to your own continuing professional development.
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